hi, is there any way in an Action to | Home Assistant | Page 1

molten pilot Jan 9, 2024, 2:49 PM

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Yes, use the light.turn_on service call and target the Area

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 2:49 PM

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hello, ok but how does that apply to all the lights in that Area?

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sorry I'm new to this

molten pilot Jan 9, 2024, 2:49 PM

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By ... targeting the area

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Literally

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 2:50 PM

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ok so long as all my Leviton switches are in that area, it will trigger that action to them

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and HA does the rest

molten pilot Jan 9, 2024, 2:50 PM

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Pick Area

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Job done

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 2:50 PM

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I don't get the Area option in my Action

molten pilot Jan 9, 2024, 2:51 PM

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You picked the same service?

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This only works if you use services, not device actions

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 2:51 PM

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here is my YAML script ```description: ""
mode: single
trigger:

type: motion
platform: device
device_id: 1e...
entity_id: fa7...
domain: binary_sensor
condition:
condition: and
conditions:
- condition: time
  after: "00:00:00"
- condition: sun
  before: sunrise
  action:
device_id: ""
domain: ""
entity_id: ""```

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ah ok services is key then

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i had picked Device I think

molten pilot Jan 9, 2024, 2:52 PM

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Devices are limiting, don't use them

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 2:53 PM

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where is that Services? I am looking everywhere for it

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my Automations screen shows this

molten pilot Jan 9, 2024, 2:55 PM

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That's from 2024.1

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 2:55 PM

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weird i can't add an attachment here for screenshot

sick heronBOT Jan 9, 2024, 2:55 PM

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Please use imgur or other image sharing web sites, and share the link here.

Image posting is blocked in most channels to discourage people from sharing text as images. Sharing text as images assumes that everybody sees the world as you do, which isn't the case. Some people are colour blind, or have visual impairment that means they can't make sense of an image of text.

molten pilot Jan 9, 2024, 2:56 PM

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That's blocked by default because too many people post images of text, or walls of irrelevant images

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 2:57 PM

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ok found it

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would Sun Next dusk be equivalent to Sunrise?

molten pilot Jan 9, 2024, 2:59 PM

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No

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 2:59 PM

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i want the condition to be: after 12.00 and before Sunrise

molten pilot Jan 9, 2024, 3:00 PM

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Ok, so that's an or with two conditions

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One for after 12:00 and one for before sunrise

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 3:00 PM

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ok

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ok here is my Automation ```description: ""
mode: single
trigger:

type: motion
platform: device
device_id: 1e..
entity_id: fa7..

domain: binary_sensor
condition:
condition: time
after: "00:00:00"
weekday:
- sun
- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
- sat
condition: and
conditions:
- condition: sun
  before: sunrise
  action:
service: light.turn_on
target:
entity_id: []
device_id: []
area_id:
- outdoors
data: {}
delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 15
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 0
service: light.turn_off
target:
area_id: outdoors
data: {}

indigo hatch Jan 9, 2024, 3:04 PM

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you don't need to obfiscate the enttiy_id and device_id, they are just randomly genereated id's which are created when you integrate the device. Nobody can do anything with them

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 3:05 PM

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ah lol ok ok

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wasn't sure

indigo hatch Jan 9, 2024, 3:07 PM

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I would advice to use a state trigger anyway, so the total thing would be

description: ""
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_outdoor #change to correct sensor
    to: "on"
condition:
  - condition: time
    after: "00:00:00"
  - condition: sun
    before: sunrise
action:
  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
      area_id:
        - outdoors
  - delay:
      minutes: 15
  - service: light.turn_off
    target:
      area_id: outdoors

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note that this will turn off your light regardless if there is still motion

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 3:08 PM

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yup, the motion sensor triggers once and then stops

indigo hatch Jan 9, 2024, 3:08 PM

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you might want to use either mode: restart or use a wait_for_trigger instead of the delay

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 3:08 PM

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the wait_for_trigger would be for?

molten pilot Jan 9, 2024, 3:09 PM

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Waiting for no motion

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https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/scripts#wait-for-a-trigger

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 3:09 PM

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ah the motion sensor don't work this way unfortunately... it's a ON then off for 1 min... then a new trigger if new motion is sensed

molten pilot Jan 9, 2024, 3:09 PM

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Then just use the restart mode

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(ugly, but works)

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 3:10 PM

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so i see this working as follows (rural long driveway about 300 feet long and winding) - sensor trips, all lights go on.. the only way for a driver to get out now is to continue up the driveway, turn around, then go back out... another trigger happens, but the lights are already on

molten pilot Jan 9, 2024, 3:10 PM

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  - service: light.turn_on
    target:
      area_id:
        - outdoors
  - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.motion_outdoor #change to correct sensor
        to: "off"
        for: "00:15:00"
  - service: light.turn_off
    target:
      area_id: outdoors

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That's the other way

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 3:11 PM

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ok

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as i can see, so many ways to slice and dice this

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will play with a few and see which works in my situation, will add a few more sensors once I see how this works and add even more specific lighting to zones etc

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thank you for the help, very very helpful

midnight otter Jan 9, 2024, 10:53 PM

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how do i close this room if no longer needed?

#hi, is there any way in an Action to